The Draft National Educational Technology Plan outlines a plan focused on learning by technology by addressing five critical areas and providing goals and recommendations for each of the five areas.
The model calls for “engaging and empowering learning experiences for all learners.” By doing so, the model ask for educators to put more thought into the instruction of the content by making it relevant for now and in the future, and presented in a manner that students are able to learn. In order to this, it is suggested that standards and objectives incorporate outside expertise and technology and use advances in technology to increase productivity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
In the area of teaching, the model calls for change in teaching. Instead of teaching in isolation, teach by way of connected teaching. Use professional learning communities to enhance lessons and also assist in developing teachers more efficiently. The goal is to imbed technology not only to improve instruction by making learning more meaningful, purposeful, and engaging but also to improve practice. Teaching itself is improved by connected teaching because educators take part in a learning community either face to face or online that provides resources and tools to utilizing and implementing instruction efficiently based upon data. The connected teaching idea will change the face of professional development. This idea of connected teaching is not only being suggested in schools to educators already in practice but, it is also being implemented in preparation programs for new teachers.
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